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A pillar of gratitude. Or, A brief recapitulation, of the matchless favours, with which…
A pillar of gratitude. Or, A brief recapitulation, of the matchless favours, with which the God of heaven, hath obliged the hearty praises, of his New-England Israel. A sermon delivered in the audience of His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont, captain general, and governor in chief, and of the Council & Representatives, of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, convened at Boston, in New England. On May 29 1700 the day, for the election of counsellors, in the province. / By Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is appendixed, an extract of some accounts, concerning the wonderful success of the glorious Gospel, in the East-Indies. ; [One line of Latin quotation]A pillar of gratitude. Or, A brief recapitulation, of the matchless favours, with which the God of heaven, hath obliged the hearty praises, of his New-England Israel. A sermon delivered in the audience of His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont, captain general, and governour in chief, and of the Council & Representatives, of the General Assembly of the province of the Massachusetts Bay, convened at Boston, in New England. On May 29 1700 the day, for the election of counsellors, in the province. / By Cotton Mather. ; Whereto there is appendixed, an extract of some accounts, concerning the wonderful success of the glorious Gospel, in the East-Indies. ; [One line of Latin quotation]
Boston: printed by B Green, 1700
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Young men of Malabar, in the College there Erected, are diligent, & make notable progress in the Dutch ⟨p. 47⟩Tongue: In one years time, they Learnt to Read and Write. They know how to Pray, as the Christians do: and they can recite by Heart, the Questions in Borstius's little Book, and translate them out of the Dutch Tongue, into that of Malabar. They also Sing Psalms in our Church I hope God will bestow His Grace upon them, and fill them with His Spirit, that so these Young men, may in Time prove blessed Instruments, to Propagate the Kingdom of Christ among these Heathens. Jaffanapatnam, Jan. 22. 1692.
The Young men of Malabar, in the Colledge there Erected, are diligent, & make notable progress in the Dutch ⟨p. 47⟩Tongue: In one years time, they Learnt to Read and Write. They know how to Pray, as the Christians do: and they can recite by Heart, the Questions in Borstius's little Book, and translate them out of the Dutch Tongue, into that of Malabar. They also Sing Psalms in our Church I hope God will bestow His Grace upon them, and fill them with His Spirit, that so these Young men, may in Time prove blessed Instruments, to Pr•pagate the Kingdom of Christ among these Heathens. Jaffanapatnam, Jan. 22. 1692.
D. Franciscus Valentinus, Minister of the Gospel at Amboina, writes.
It hath pleased the most High God, to send me, unto the Service of the East India Churches in Amboina; in the Chief City whereof the Reverend Cornelius Vander Sluys of Utrecht, fed about Thirty Thousand Souls, preaching the Word of God, with singular Alacrity, and invincible Labour, among the Pagans. God hah given him to Convert both Pagans and Mahometans (for here are many Mahometans,) and bring into subjection unto Christ, those that